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Q: reveting to default app icon

I know how to change icons,, but i cannot find a way to revert to the old one.. by deleting..

 

e.g if u select an app and Command+i to pull up get info, u can drag and drops .icns files over the thumbnail to  replace the icons file

 

However how u do revert back to the previous one ? Selecting it and hitting "delete" key does nothing..

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), null

Posted on Sep 20, 2016 7:31 PM

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  • by Massimo Lombardo,

    Massimo Lombardo Massimo Lombardo Sep 21, 2016 8:25 AM in response to Tech198
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    Sep 21, 2016 8:25 AM in response to Tech198

    Hi Tech198,

    I dont understand why this not works for you. If I put an icon on a Folder (or file) and then want to take this away I follow your description to go back to the original icon. I worked with copy&paste and then with back-delete or cmd-X

  • by Tech198,

    Tech198 Tech198 Sep 21, 2016 4:40 PM in response to Massimo Lombardo
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    Sep 21, 2016 4:40 PM in response to Massimo Lombardo

    Your right,, Command-X does work, so i traced it down to the app i created with Winskin (porting games over)

     

    Strange as it seems, i replaced it with the wrong icon...,.. Now by definition Winskin has it's own icon, so just by using Command-X should revert it... but in this case it does not..

     

    I could probably just copy over the correct .icns, but isn't this just "replacing" what's there (and not "removing" ?) or is the act of replacing it, IS removing and then updating? If you get what i mean.

    Basically using Command-X would be preferred because the "user" is doing this, and it's not automation.

     

    The final thing I could do it just probably re-do the app,, re-port...  don't wanna do that just for an icon..

  • by Massimo Lombardo,

    Massimo Lombardo Massimo Lombardo Sep 21, 2016 10:39 PM in response to Tech198
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    Sep 21, 2016 10:39 PM in response to Tech198

    You can try a basic check, if there is a permissions problem. Often there are permissions problem after installing new software. Maybe this can help you.